Help reset tablet

Hardwood101

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Aug 3, 2016
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My rca tablet would not turn off. So I pressed the little pin hole reset button in the back. Now it has the rca screen with two dogs on it. But it will not turn off. I tried hitting the reset again . But it still doing the same thing
 
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You can try seeing if you can start it in "Safe Mode" and see if that allows you access to the tablet. If it does, that means you have something on that tablet that is interfering with its normal operations and you need to locate and remove the problem.

If that doesn't work, you may need to try a "Hard Reset", but note that will make you lose all personal data on the device.

Here are the instructions for both.

To get into "Safe Mode" please do the following.

1. First turn off the tablet.

2. Next press and hold "Power" until you see the manufacturers logo on the screen, then release the power button.

3. "Quickly" press "Volume Down" and hold it for few seconds until you see the message "Safe mode: ON" or something similar.

4. If...
You can try seeing if you can start it in "Safe Mode" and see if that allows you access to the tablet. If it does, that means you have something on that tablet that is interfering with its normal operations and you need to locate and remove the problem.

If that doesn't work, you may need to try a "Hard Reset", but note that will make you lose all personal data on the device.

Here are the instructions for both.

To get into "Safe Mode" please do the following.

1. First turn off the tablet.

2. Next press and hold "Power" until you see the manufacturers logo on the screen, then release the power button.

3. "Quickly" press "Volume Down" and hold it for few seconds until you see the message "Safe mode: ON" or something similar.

4. If you wanted disable it, simply repeat the steps above, and you should see "Safe Mode: OFF" rather than on.

NOTE: Doing this will clear the data on your tablet, so it is suggested you not choose this option unless you have to, or aren't worried about losing anything on the device.

Be sure you back up any data you want to keep, to a computer or cloud account, before doing the reset.


To "Hard Reset" the tablet...

1. Make sure that the tablet is actually powered off.

2. Press the "Power" and the "Volume Up" buttons, together, until you see the start-up logo on the screen.

3. Once you can see the logo, release the buttons and allow the device to enter the "System Recovery Mode".

4. Next use "Volume Down" button to get to the "wipe data/factory reset" option When in recovery mode the "Volume Up" and "Volume Down" buttons are how to can navigate and highlight what option you need.

5. Once you have selected the "wipe data/factory reset", press the "Power" button to select that option.

6. On the following screen, repeatedly press the "Volume Down" button until the "Yes - delete all user data" option is what is selected.

7. Then press the "Power" button to hard reset the tablet.
 
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